The attached spreadsheet contains a content model workbook for exchange of information about fluid fluxes into or out of a well. A generic model is intended to be generic, allowing for oil, gas, water, steam production or injection (negative flow). Three observation types are specified--geothermal production (includes power generated), production (oil, gas, water, other flows from a well), and injection (any fluid flowed into well). Because of the wide variety of possible flow measurements (commodities, aggregation type), the model adopts a thin approach, which may result in many records being returned for a single well. Thus most data about the well is linked through the HeaderURI instead of included inline to keep the redundant data volume down.

This dataset contains well log observations compiled by the Idaho Department of Water Resources, and published as a Web feature service for the National Geothermal Data System. Fields in the Well Log Observation Content Model will become XML elements in interchange documents for WMS simple features provided by a node in the USGIN network. Each observation includes a Log URI, API Number, Latitude and Longitude spatially referenced to EPSG: 4326 (for interoperability). The data contained in the submitted dataset is available as an Excel Spreadsheet, ESRI service, WMS and WFS service. Link to Well Log Observation Content Model: http://stategeothermaldata.org/data_delivery/content_models/well_log_observation.

This spreadsheet is a compilation of well headers compiled by the New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, published as a Web feature service for the National Geothermal Data System. The document contains 6 worksheets, including information about the template, notes related to revisions of the template, Resource provider information, the data, a field list (data mapping view) and a worksheet with vocabularies for use in populating the spreadsheet (data valid terms). Data from 23111 wells are included. Fields in the data table include ObservationURI, WellName , APINo, HeaderURI, Other ID, OtherName, BoreholeName, Label, Operator, LeaseOwner, LeaseNo, SpudDate, EndedDrillingDate, WellType, Status, CommodityOfInterest, StatusDate, Function, Production , ProducingInterval, ReleaseDate, Field, OtherLocationName, County, State, PLSS_Meridians, TWP, RGE, Section_, SectionPart, Parcel, UTM_E, UTM_N, UTMDatumZone, LatDegree, LongDegree, SRS, LocationUncertaintyStatement, LocationUncertaintyCode, LocationUncertaintyRadius, DrillerTotalDepth, DepthReferencePoint, LengthUnits, WellBoreShape, TrueVerticalDepth, ElevationKB, ElevationDF, ElevationGL, FormationTD, BitDiameterCollar, BitDiameterTD, DiameterUnits, Notes, MaximumRecordedTemperature , MeasuredTemperature, CorrectedTemperature, TemperatureUnits, TimeSinceCirculation, CirculationDuration, MeasurementProcedure, CorrectionType, DepthOfMeasurement, MeasurementDateTime, MeasurementFormation, MeasurementSource, RelatedResource, CasingLogger, CasingBottomDepthDriller, CasingTopDepth, CasingPipeDiameter, CasingWeight, CasingWeightUnits, CasingThickness, DrillingFluid, Salinity, MudResisitivity, Density, FluidLevel, pH, Viscosity, FluidLoss, InformationSource.

This paper investigates the practical range of net power capacity available from conventional and enhanced geothermal wells as a function of temperature and productivity index. For a temperature range of 100°C to 190°C, which is the operating temperature limit of presently available downhole pumps, wells are typically pumped and power is usually generated in a binary-cycle plant, and in rare cases in a flash-cycle or hybrid-cycle plant. In this temperature range, the net MW capacity of a well has an upper limit of about 7.3 MW, irrespective of how high the well’s productivity index is. This capacity limit cannot be improved unless technology can be improved to allow setting pumps deeper in the well than the current limit of 457m (1,500 feet) and pumping at a higher rate than the present limit of about 160 ℓ/s (2,500 gallons per minute). For resource temperatures greater than 190°C, wells must be self-flowed, and power is generated from such wells in a flash-cycle or hybrid-cycle plant. In the temperature range of 190°C to nearly 220°C a self-flowing well’s net power capacity (irrespective of its productivity index) is less than the maximum of 7.3 MW for a pumped well.

Many sedimentary formations, including some that contain oil or gas, may be hot enough to serve as commercial geothermal reservoirs. Unlike conventional geothermal reservoirs which generally occur in fractured formations, these reservoirs have intergranular porosity, which allows relatively easy estimation of the hydraulic characteristics of a well from cores and well logs. Using these estimates, the well’s power capacity can be estimated for various well production options (such as, pumped or self-flowing) and power generation technology options (such as, binary, flash or hybrid).

This spreadsheet is a compilation of borehole temperature observations compiled by the California Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources, published as a Web feature service for the National Geothermal Data System. The document contains 6 worksheets, including information about the template, notes related to revisions of the template, Resource provider information, the data, a field list (data mapping view) and a worksheet with vocabularies for use in populating the spreadsheet (data valid terms). Data from 1814 wells are included. Fields in the data table include ObservationURI, WellName, APINo, HeaderURI, OtherID, OtherName, BoreholeName, Operator, LeaseOwner, LeaseNo, SpudDate, EndedDrillingDate, WellType, Status, CommodityOfInterest, StatusDate, Function, Production, Field, County, State, PLSS_Meridians, TWP, RGE, Section, SectionPart, Parcel, UTM_E, UTM_N, UTMDatumZone, LatDegree, LongDegree, SRS, LocationUncertaintyStatement, DrillerTotalDepth, DepthReferencePoint, Shape, TrueVerticalDepth, LengthUnits, ElevationKB, ElevationDF, ElevationGL, BitDiameterCollar, BitDiameterTD, DiameterUnits, Notes, MaximumRecordedTemperature, MeasuredTemperature, CorrectedTemperature, TemperatureUnits, TimeSinceCirculation, MeasurementProcedure, CorrectionType, DepthOfMeasurement, MeasurementDateTime, MeasurementFormation, MeasurementSource, CasingLogger, CasingDepthDriller, CasingPipeDiameter, CasingWeight, CasingWeightUnits, CasingThickness, InformationSource, DrillingFluid, Salinity, MudResisitivity, Density, FluidLevel, pH, Viscosity, FluidLoss, MeasurementNotes.

This spreadsheet is a compilation of borehole temperature observations compiled by the Texas Bureau of Economic Geology, published as a Web feature service for the National Geothermal Data System. The document contains 6 worksheets, including information about the template, notes related to revisions of the template, Resource provider information, the data, a field list (data mapping view) and a worksheet with vocabularies for use in populating the spreadsheet (data valid terms). Data from 8806 wells are included. Fields in the data table include ObservationURI, WellName, APINo, HeaderURI, OtherID, OtherName, BoreholeName, Operator, LeaseOwner, LeaseNo, SpudDate, EndedDrillingDate, WellType, Status, CommodityOfInterest, StatusDate, Function, Production, Field, County, State, PLSS_Meridians, TWP, RGE, Section, SectionPart, Parcel, UTM_E, UTM_N, UTMDatumZone, LatDegree, LongDegree, SRS, LocationUncertaintyStatement, DrillerTotalDepth, DepthReferencePoint, Shape, TrueVerticalDepth, LengthUnits, ElevationKB, ElevationDF, ElevationGL, BitDiameterCollar, BitDiameterTD, DiameterUnits, Notes, MaximumRecordedTemperature, MeasuredTemperature, CorrectedTemperature, TemperatureUnits, TimeSinceCirculation, MeasurementProcedure, CorrectionType, DepthOfMeasurement, MeasurementDateTime, MeasurementFormation, MeasurementSource, CasingLogger, CasingDepthDriller, CasingPipeDiameter, CasingWeight, CasingWeightUnits, CasingThickness, InformationSource, DrillingFluid, Salinity, MudResisitivity, Density, FluidLevel, pH, Viscosity, FluidLoss, MeasurementNotes, ObsID.